BRC Events

2022 Events at the Earth Guardian Pavilion, Burning Man

Thursday – August 25, 2022

10:00 AM – Noon – LNT Outreach/ Resolution Team Training –  Since 2013, Earth Guardians have been doing LNT outreach checking for oil drips, grey water spills, black water spills and burn barrel problems. We are checking for permit violations and are sharing LNT tips to resolve issues. It’s a great opportunity to have ‘boots on the ground’ and share LNT love! This is our first training for our volunteers on the team, and a meal will be provided for the training.

Saturday – August 27, 2022

10:00 AM – Noon – LNT Outreach/ Resolution Team Training –  Since 2013, Earth Guardians have been doing LNT outreach, checking for oil drips, grey water spills, black water spills and burn barrel problems. We are both LNT advisors and ambassadors.  It’s a great opportunity to have ‘boots on the ground’ and share LNT love and we’re doing it again this year!  This is a training for our volunteers on the team, and a meal will be provided for the training.

LNT Outreach and Compliance volutneers

LNT Outreach and Compliance volunteers

Sunday – August 28, 2022

9:30 AM – 10:30 AM – Hot Springs Patrol Driver Training & Coordination Meeting – Our annual Sunday get together with all of the Rangers and Earth Guardians making hot spring patrols happen!  We’ll be reviewing driver shifts, protocols and daily coordination/communications before heading out on the playa to do a test drive around this year’s route to each hot spring and set up the volunteer shelters.  Go Drivers!

10:30 AM – 12:30 PM – Advanced LNT Outreach/Resolution TrainingAdvanced training for volunteers taking on the Team Lead Position. We’ll review team lead responsibilities, use of the Fulcrum tablet app and do some field testing to practice using the application before Monday’s shift.  This is a training for volunteers on the team.

5:00 PM – 11:00 PM Earth Guardians Open Bar – Come try a “LNTini”,  “Playarita” or “Fairy Shrimp” cocktail!

5:00 PM– 6:30 PM – All Hands on Deck Camp Meeting All Earth Guardian campers are requested to attend this meeting to meet each other, go over the camp set up, coverage of camp shifts, and the event schedule for the week.

Monday – August 29, 2022

11:00 AM – noon – Nature Bike Tour Orientation – The Earth Guardians are seeking volunteer tour leaders – naturalists, scientists and desert experts to give short talks, share expertise and find cool things on the ride.  Come today for more information and training, if interested.

Noon – 1:00 PM – Miracle Butterfly Heart Kirtan: Chanting together for Mother Earth – The With Dharma the Dusty Troubadour! Utilizing the ancient technology of Kiran, a call and response devotional singing of mantras, we’ll tap into our tru infinite nature. As we let go into this heart expanding song and dance together, we become one in this Waking Dream with our Great Mother Earth who has given us everything and to whom we can give nothing in return but our loving reverence.

Waiting for cookies!

Waiting for cookies!

5:00 PM – 11:00 PM – Earth Guardians Open Bar – Come try a “Gray Water” or “Black Water” or a Fairy Shrimp Cocktail!

6:00 PM – 7:30 PM – Blessing of the Temple – Join Earth Guardians and Aztec dancers on a procession to the temple to offer a blessing.

7:30 PM – 8:30 PM – Howdy Party (EG Campers Only)– Bring your pot luck dish to share and get to know your fellow campers. Help feed the Aztec Burners after the ceremony to the temple.

Tuesday – August 30, 2022

6:30 AM – 8:30 AM – Experience Deep Time on the Playa Bike Tour – This is your opportunity to contemplate Deep Time while on the playa. Your journey will be led by geology experts Drs. Elizabeth Miller (Stanford U) and John Dilles (Oregon SU). Bike to the outer playa to contemplate the history of this place we call home, from the deep time geologic framework to the ice ages, first human inhabitants in the region, post-glacial warming and inexorable warming of the Anthropocene era. Burn baby burn! P.S. Deep Time = Geologic Time.

8:00 AM – 11:00 AM – Playa Nature Bike Tour – The playa seems featureless, but the lake bed is a complex environment. Search for clues to the shape of the constantly changing surface. See how our city and art affects the environment, and how Burning Man strives to Leave No Trace.

10:00 PM – Noon – LNT Outreach /Resolution Team Training – Since 2013, Earth Guardians have been doing LNT outreach, checking for oil drips, grey water spills, black water spills and burn barrel problems. We were are both LNT advisors and ambassadors.  It’s a great opportunity to have ‘boots on the ground’ and share LNT love and we’re doing it again this year!  This is a training for our volunteers on the team, and a meal will be provided for the training.

11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Champagne MOOP Train – Hitch a ride in style to the outer limits of BRC on the Earth Guardian Champagne MOOP Train. See what treasures you may find to put in your free hand made MOOP bag.

Noon – 1:00 PM – Miracle Butterfly Heart Kirtan: Chanting together for Mother Earth – The With Dharma the Dusty Troubadour! Utilizing the ancient technology of Kiran, a call and response devotional singing of mantras, we’ll tap into our tru infinite nature. As we let go into this heart expanding song and dance together, we become one in this Waking Dream with our Great Mother Earth who has given us everything and to whom we can give nothing in return but our loving reverence.

Noon – 3:00 PM Alternative Energy Demo Garden – Food served baked in a solar oven.  An assortment of alternative energy devices will be on display including DIY solar ovens, a commercial solar oven, rocket stoves, and an evapotron for gray water, come sample our treats!

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM – Environmental Leadership in a Deteriorating Climate  Climate – Morgan Goodwin, Sierra Club Angeles Chapter director and former mayor of Truckee will speak about the ways that environmentalists should try and influence the power structures that exist to safeguard people and ecosystems in a time of increasing instability.

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM -We’ve Sit Your Ass Down, Self-care Spa Break (EG Campers Only) – Have a facial and hand massage. Relax to flaky music and herbal scents. Please come with cleanish hands.

Awesome Volunteers!

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM – The Black Rock Desert: Our Inspiring Home! – Come learn about the vast Black Rock Desert and what makes it come alive. Dave Cooper, local and former manager of the Black Rock NCA will talk about playa dust, wilderness areas, historic emigrant trails, wildlife, wild horses, & more. Come with questions!

5:00 PM – 7:30 PM – Playa Sunset Bike Tour – Join desert experts on a 5-mile journey exploring the subtle geomorphic wonders that form Black Rock City’s backdrop. See how our city and art affects the environment, and how Burning Man strives to Leave No Trace.

5:00 PM – 11:00 PM – Earth Guardians Open Bar –  Come try a “LNTini”,  “Playarita” or “Fairy Shrimp” cocktail!

Solutions for the Planet Wednesday – August 31, 2022

6:00 AM – 9:00 AM – Playa Sunrise Bike Tour – The “golden hour” after dawn is prime for wildlife spotting. Tour the deep playa, find “Golden MOOP” at the trash fence. Cameras, binoculars and field guides welcome.

9:30 AM – 11:00 AM – Playa Nature Bike Tour – The playa seems featureless, but the lake bed is a complex environment. Search for clues to the shape of the constantly changing surface. See how our city and art affects the environment, and how Burning Man strives to Leave No Trace.

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM – Blue MOOP = Art – Make a cyanotype sun print of playa MOOP you have collected. Supplies for 20. Come early & bring MOOP for your art!

11:00 AM – 1:00 PM – MOOP Champagne Train – Hitch a ride in style to the outer limits of BRC on the Earth Guardian Champagne MOOP Train. See what treasures you may find to put in your free hand made MOOP bag.

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM – Geology of the Black Rock Desert – Ever wondered about those amazing land forms around Black Rock City? Come and learn how they were formed and what they’re about. Come and learn about the rocks from Cathy Busby, our expert geologist from U.C. Davis.

Geology talk

Geology talk

Noon – 1:00 PM – Miracle Butterfly Heart Kirtan: Chanting together for Mother Earth – The With Dharma the Dusty Troubadour! Utilizing the ancient technology of Kiran, a call and response devotional singing of mantras, we’ll tap into our tru infinite nature. As we let go into this heart expanding song and dance together, we become one in this Waking Dream with our Great Mother Earth who has given us everything and to whom we can give nothing in return but our loving reverence.

Noon – 3:00 PM Alternative Energy Demo Garden – Food served baked in a solar oven. An assortment of alternative energy devices will be on display including DIY solar ovens, a commercial solar oven, rocket stoves, and an evapotron for gray water, come sample our treats.

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM –  Empowerment and Growth Through Connection with Animals – Learn to allow animal consciousness to support your path. Be ready to share what growth you are ready for and we will bring the energy of that from animal consciousness.

3:00 PM – 5:00 PM  Juice Lab & Snow Cone Saloon – Join Jai and Zobek for a kid-sponsored bar serving brightly colored juice in various states of matter (liquid and frozen!). Come and share your LNT knowledge and tips for a sweet treat.

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM – The Burnt Sequoia Groves – Join  WildPlaces Director, Mehmet McMillan, to learn about the fire in the California Giant Sequoia groves in 2021 and how traditional indigenous stewardship practices are being taught to restore the land.

Laura having fun on the bar

4:00 PM – Earth Guardians Open Bar –  Come try a “LNTini”,  “Playarita” or “Fairy Shrimp” cocktail!

5:00 PM – 7:30 PM – Playa Sunset Bike Tour – Join desert experts on a 5-mile journey exploring the subtle geomorphic wonders that form Black Rock City’s backdrop. See how our city and art affects the environment, and how Burning Man strives to Leave No Trace.

8:00 PM – 8:30 PM – Embracing Darkness: How changing our relationship with light can impact the trajectory of climate change – Want to know the impact making light has had on the planet? How our superstitious fear of the dark has wreaked havoc on the environment in ways we never see yet it is as plain as the light bulb in front of your face. We all love LED’s on the Playa and even though there have been great advances in the software that programs them, what advances have been made on the LED itself? Here is the opportunity to see the world’s first 2200K, 1900K and 1700K LEDs that are helping preserve the Dark Skies the world over. They are a game changer in the realm of municipal street lighting specifically addressing  the 2016 AMA public statement of the harm to human health being caused by lights that are 3000K and higher.

 

DIY Thursday – September 1, 2022

8:00 AM – 11:00 AM – Playa Nature Bike Tour – The playa seems featureless, but the lake bed is a complex environment. Search for clues to the shape of the constantly changing surface. See how our city and art affects the environment, and how Burning Man strives to Leave No Trace.

10:00 AM – 11:00 AMShine Your Light on Me ! – Come Low cost, but high tech ways to get off fossil fuels to charge small devices on the playa and off. DIY Gurus Darrell and Michael will demo a beginner set up. See a solar charging system that costs about $150.

11:00 AM – Noon  – Why Knot?  – Learn to tie a few useful knots and lashes (and a few that are just for show), their names, and where they are best used. Length of rope available so you can practice.

11:00 AM – 1:00 PM – MOOP Champagne Train – Hitch a ride in style to the outer limits of BRC on the Earth Guardian Champagne MOOP Train. See what treasures you may find to put in your free hand made MOOP bag.

Noon – 1:00 PM – Miracle Butterfly Heart Kirtan: Chanting together for Mother Earth – The With Dharma the Dusty Troubadour! Utilizing the ancient technology of Kiran, a call and response devotional singing of mantras, we’ll tap into our tru infinite nature. As we let go into this heart expanding song and dance together, we become one in this Waking Dream with our Great Mother Earth who has given us everything and to whom we can give nothing in return but our loving reverence.

12:00 AM – 3:00 PM – Alternative Energy Demo Garden – Food served baked in a solar oven. An assortment of alternative energy devices will be on display including DIY solar ovens, commercial solar ovens, rocket stove, and evapotron for gray water.

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM -We’ve Sit Your Ass Down, Self-care Spa Break (EG Campers Only) – Have a facial and hand massage. Relax to flaky music and herbal scents. Please come with cleanish hands.

Dave Cooper telling us about the Black Rock Desert

Dave Cooper telling us about the Black Rock Desert

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM  Leave Big Pharma in the Dust – Alex Howe, aka Bush Ninja, has studies traditional medicine throughout Southern Africa and the USA for more than a decade and focuses his teachings on practical herbalism tips for every day humans.  This playashop will help you with the BM principles of decommodification and self-reliance in meeting medicinal needs. He’ll demonstrate how to make a natural healing balm for the skin and lips, perfect for playa, and give other practical herbalism tips. Some will be gifted in limited supply!

3:00 PM – 5:00 PM  Juice Lab & Snow Cone Saloon – Join Jai and Zobek for a kid-sponsored bar serving brightly colored juice in various states of matter (liquid and frozen!). Come and share your LNT knowledge and tips for a sweet treat.

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM – Happy Hour with Friends of the Black Rock Desert.- Their 22nd anniversary! All invited to meet and socialize with these stewards for our public lands.

Chico leads us in a dance.

Chico leads us in a dance.

5:00 PM – 7:30 PM – Playa Sunset Bike Tour – Join desert experts on a 5 mile journey exploring the subtle geomorphic wonders that form Black Rock City’s backdrop. See how our city and art affects the environment, and how Burning Man strives to Leave No Trace.

5:00 PM – 1:00 AM – Earth Guardians Open Bar –  Come try a “LNTini”,  “Playarita” or “Fairy Shrimp” cocktail!

6:00 PM – 7:30 PM – Aztec Dance to Honor Mother Earth and the Four Directions –Aztec dancers with rare, traditional instrument accompanists will renew our connection to earth, wind, fire and water. Dances will be explained while connecting us to nature; we will end with a friendship community dance circle which all are encouraged to join.

9:00 PM – 1:00 AM – Earth Guardians Live Salsa Party – Salsa music party hosted by the Aztec Burners.

Science Friday – September 2, 2022

Andy getting ready to take out another bike tour!

Andy getting ready to take out another bike tour!

10:00 AM  – 11:00 AM  – The Black Rock Desert: Our Inspiring Home!  – Come learn about the vast Black Rock Desert and what makes it come alive. Dave Cooper, local and former manager of the Black Rock NCA will talk about playa dust, wilderness areas, historic emigrant trails, wildlife, wild horses, & more. Come with questions! 

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM – Geology of the Black Rock Desert – Ever wondered about those amazing land forms around Black Rock City? Come and learn how they were formed and what they’re about. Come and learn about the rocks from Cathy Busby, our expert geologist from U.C. Davis.

11:00 AM – 1:00 PM – MOOP Champagne Train – Hitch a ride in style to the outer limits of BRC on the Earth Guardian Champagne MOOP Train. See what treasures you may find to put in your free hand made MOOP bag.

Noon – 1:00 PM – Miracle Butterfly Heart Kirtan: Chanting together for Mother Earth – The With Dharma the Dusty Troubadour! Utilizing the ancient technology of Kiran, a call and response devotional singing of mantras, we’ll tap into our tru infinite nature. As we let go into this heart expanding song and dance together, we become one in this Waking Dream with our Great Mother Earth who has given us everything and to whom we can give nothing in return but our loving reverence.

12:00 AM – 3:00 PM – Alternative Energy Demo Garden – Food served baked in a solar oven. An assortment of alternative energy devices will be on display including DIY solar ovens, commercial solar ovens, a rocket stove, and an evapotron for gray water; come sample our treats!

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM – Guided Medication  –  Manifesting the ecosystem of the planet returning to balance + tuning into the power of your self-reliance to help the planet. After the medication, participants will be invited to share how they felt and any decision they might have made.

Plastic Free Camping - EG Green Tour

Participants listening to Beth Terry explain her plastic free camp at Earth Guardians

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM – The Lorax, a performance piece  –  An impassioned recital of Dr Seuss’ best title, for small and big burners great pleasure.  To gain inspiration for our plant’s salvation come and partake of this treasure.

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM – Nuclear Power Generation  – What it is, pros and cons, let’s discuss.  Bring your questions. With nuclear engineer, Steve Hunt.

3:00 PM – 5:00 PM – Behind the Green Curtain Bike Tour: An interpretive bike tour of some of Black Rock City’s Green camps featuring solar installations, grey water set ups, recycling efforts, plastic-free living, solar cookers and much more, Come see what innovators are doing to make Black Rock City more environmentally friendly.

3:00 PM – 5:00 PM – Juice Lab & Snow Cone Saloon – Join Jai and Zobek for a kid-sponsored bar serving brightly colored juice in various states of matter (liquid and frozen!). Come and share your LNT knowledge and tips for a sweet treat.

5:00 PM – 11:00 PM – Earth Guardians Open Bar –  Come try a “LNTini”,  “Playarita” or “Fairy Shrimp” cocktail!

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM  – Earth Guardian Pot Luck (EG Campers only) – Campers, come and share some food with your fellow campers at the Earth Guardian village.

7:00 PM – 11:00 PM – Earth Guardians Live Music Showcase – hosted by Nathyn Knott and friends featuring conscious music, poetry and dance inspired by our connection to the earth and nature.

Saturday- September 3, 2022

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM – Behind the Green Curtain Bike Tour – An interpretive bike tour of some of Black Rock City’s Green camps featuring solar installations, grey water set ups, recycling efforts, plastic-free living, solar cookers and much more. Come see what innovators are doing to make Black Rock City more environmentally friendly.

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM – Bee-cause – Bee-keeping 101 –  Bee-keeping 101 with a 30-year apiarist, Jeremiah Conley.  Bee morphology and biology, how to help them overcome environmental threats, harvesting and safely storing your honey.  Bring questions, handouts provided.

11:00 AM – 1:00 PM – MOOP Champagne Train – Hitch a ride in style to the outer limits of BRC on the Earth Guardian Champagne MOOP Train. See what treasures you may find to put in your free hand made MOOP bag.

/Users/Tony/Desktop/Moop Train/moop train.dwg12:00 PM – 3:00 PM – Alternative Energy Demo Garden – Food served baked in a solar oven. An assortment of alternative energy devices will be on display including DIY solar ovens, commercial solar ovens, a rocket stove, and an evapotron for gray water.

12:30 PM –  7:30 PM – Earth Guardians Open Bar –  Come try a “LNTini”,  “Playarita” or “Fairy Shrimp” cocktail!

3:00 PM – 5:00 PM  Juice Lab & Snow Cone Saloon – Join Jai and Zobek for a kid-sponsored bar serving brightly colored juice in various states of matter (liquid and frozen!). Come and share your LNT knowledge and tips for a sweet treat.

Ann helping folks make Tshirt bags

Ann helping folks make Tshirt bags

Sunday – September 04, 2022

6:00 AM – 9:00 AM – Coffee on the Man – As if last night wasn’t enough, the Man just keeps on giving. Kick-start your day with a hot hit of caffeine with Earth Guardians at our annual “Coffee on the Man” (or what’s left of him). There, on a pocket of hot coals, we brew up authentic Nevada Basque-style Cowboy Coffee in large enamelware pots. We have enough water for 15 gallons and serve it piping hot until it’s all gone. It’s plain old back Joe, although we will have powdered milk as creamer and Splenda for sweetener. Be sure to bring your favorite coffee cup. And maybe a camera for the sunrise, although your eyes will do just fine.

8:00 AM  – Take Down the Pavilion!  – (EG Campers only)- All hands on deck requested!

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM – Earth Guardian Pot Luck (EG Campers only)- Campers, come and share some food with your fellow campers at the Earth Guardian village.  Bring what ever you have left to share!

 

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